More potential scandal
at the Queen's parish church, Westminster Abbey. A senior sort there
has been suspended, accused of sexual harassment. The cleric who
wielded the dagger? Yep, Wesley "Sacker" Carr, the turbulent dean.
George Burroughs is clerk of the works at the abbey and becomes
the third official to be suspended by Carr.

First the dean suspended
and later sacked Martin Neary, the organist. Then he turned his
theological gaze on Roger Overend, head master of the abbey choir
school. As with Neary, staff have been ordered not to speak to Burroughs,
such is the spirit of Christian brotherhood. The abbey refuses to
comment but it is believed the complaint comes from a young woman
who works on the abbey roof. However, friends insist Burroughs is
in the clear.

Earlier this year he
was made a member of the abbey's collegiate body -so if he is dismissed
he can appeal to the Queen. A happier theologian is Jonathan Aitken.
He discloses in News Review that after the auction of his possessions,
a kindly sort bought his christening mug and sent it to him.